Where is Sandra Beltran now?

She was imprisoned at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 4 federal prison in Tepic, Nayarit. She was released in 2015 and now lives in the city of Guadalajara.

Who is the cartel queen?

Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012), known as the Black Widow, was a Colombian drug lady of the Medellín Cartel, and in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld, during the 1970s through the early 2000s. She was shot dead on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69.

Who is Teresa Mendoza based on?

Teresa Mendoza herself is not based on a real person, as she is simply the character of a book, but she was inspired by Beltrán and there are many similarities. Other reports suggest her involvement with drug cartels was inspired by the real-life Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico.

How much of Queen of the South is true?

While Pérez-Reverte’s novel is a work of fiction, it’s inspired by real-life female drug lord Marllory Chacón, a Guatemalan-born woman who ran cocaine from there to the United States through Colombian and Mexican drug cartels, building an empire so successful she earned the moniker of (you guessed it) “Queen of the …